In Depths Doth He Slumber
Searing 3rd, 124th Year, A.o.S.
He hadn't expected much of the waking world to feel this much more of a vivid dream to himself, even so, it could not be helped that in every moment spent asleep; there was that insatiable need to reach out and be right beside people he loved. Within the confines of his private quarters within the familial house where his physical avatar remained dormant, watchful eyes remained on the loved ones who tended to him even as they started to leave the room. The sweet moments of affection found within their world of worry often touched him ever deeply, yet no matter how much he yearned to respond...
Rickter could not push himself to stir from the slumber he'd found himself fallen within. Sitting patiently at the foot of his own bed where his sleeping body rested, he watched hopeful with deep blue eyes at the ones who had gathered here today. Telion. The twins. Hannah. Even the Vastiana sisters Hilana and Athalia. There had been quite a few guests within his own household to be sure, but having remained dormant even when other guests just as special to him arrived? Even that evoked a sense of melancholy within the wolf.
I know you can't hear me right now... He reminded himself with a sense of hopeful prayer in his thoughts. But I am here... with all of you. Regardless of how that may feel. How often did his mind truly wonder to the people who should finally remember him by now? The people he'd felt his connections with should have been completely restored, the attachments to him no longer severed enough so that his own existence remained a ghost of a memory.
Yet even so... Something kept Rickter, the actual Rickter, from truly returning in the fashion everyone likely hoped for. As he watched those gathered leave the room for a while, he could see the hopeful look in Telion's eyes, after seeing such sadness within them for the past few days it was a warmingly welcome change. They all left him alone to sleep in his room and yet, somehow, Rickter didn't even feel so quite alone as one expected to. It was without even looking away at his slumbering form, that he addressed the proverbial elephant still lingering within that shared room.
"Took you long enough..." The wolf murmured aloud almost as if to no one, except the presence of his other half stood at the other side of the foot of the bed. Lykos. A spitting image of who Rickter often saw himself as, however, not so much the same in the sense of how he felt. "Wasn't sure how long before you'd finally find me in here."
"Well, you haven't made that easy." Even the sound of his own voice was nearly chilling to the surface of his skin. There was without a doubt no mistaking who and what this man, if He could be referred to as such, really was when it came down to the source of it all. "...You've remained gone a bit too long, Rickter." The wolf lowered his gaze to the statement with contemplation, sharing a weighted sense of regret even in hearing such words.
"...I know." He reasoned in return, although his mind had been made up on that the moment his existence fully returned.
"Perhaps... You and I should carry on this conversation elsewhere. It's about time you and I finally talked after all." His other half suggested with a steady reach of His hand, the firmness Rickter expected to feel somehow balanced with a gentle grip beneath the hand. The wolf shifted his gaze to match that of his exact mirror, into the glowing blue eyes of Lykos as Rickter himself shifted to acknowledge him completely with a peaceful confidence.
"On that, we agree on..." He bargained with a glance toward the doorway, uncertain where it was that the both of them would go. This was the Realm of Nod, of course, their venture could've easily wound up anywhere. Then again, it wasn't necessarily their destination that remained important either, merely the conversation to be had as they traversed such a limitless realm together. "Very well," he proceeded to sigh with one final glance to his dormant form, "let's leave this place for now and catch up on things." Not that such a notion remained entirely necessary.
Lykos had been diligently assessing the memories that had existed within Rickter since he had returned, and even so, the wolf had done the same with every memory Lykos ever made during his state of dormancy. Rickter rose from the edge of the mattress he sat on, paying Lykos another look before he gently nodded for Him to take the lead. His other half calmly nodded before He turned to approach the sliding door, placing a hand on it's wooden panel before he looked back to Rickter once more. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah." The wolf nodded to emphasize his willingness to go, ready to accompany Lykos beyond the threshold of the door. It was with a smooth motion of His wrist that the Lupine Draegir opened the door in the bedroom, sliding it wide so that light filtered through almost in a blinding daze before both of their eyes adjusted to the other side. Pure crystalline fields of snow awaited Rickter as Lykos allowed him to enter first, before both of them crossed over to step quietly onto the powdery plains before them. A soft crunch was felt beneath their boots as Rickter quietly marveled at the scenery, taking in the rather beautiful night sky where an aurora greeted them both with hues of neons in both green, yellow and even blue.
Searing 3rd, 124th Year, A.o.S.
He hadn't expected much of the waking world to feel this much more of a vivid dream to himself, even so, it could not be helped that in every moment spent asleep; there was that insatiable need to reach out and be right beside people he loved. Within the confines of his private quarters within the familial house where his physical avatar remained dormant, watchful eyes remained on the loved ones who tended to him even as they started to leave the room. The sweet moments of affection found within their world of worry often touched him ever deeply, yet no matter how much he yearned to respond...
Rickter could not push himself to stir from the slumber he'd found himself fallen within. Sitting patiently at the foot of his own bed where his sleeping body rested, he watched hopeful with deep blue eyes at the ones who had gathered here today. Telion. The twins. Hannah. Even the Vastiana sisters Hilana and Athalia. There had been quite a few guests within his own household to be sure, but having remained dormant even when other guests just as special to him arrived? Even that evoked a sense of melancholy within the wolf.
I know you can't hear me right now... He reminded himself with a sense of hopeful prayer in his thoughts. But I am here... with all of you. Regardless of how that may feel. How often did his mind truly wonder to the people who should finally remember him by now? The people he'd felt his connections with should have been completely restored, the attachments to him no longer severed enough so that his own existence remained a ghost of a memory.
Yet even so... Something kept Rickter, the actual Rickter, from truly returning in the fashion everyone likely hoped for. As he watched those gathered leave the room for a while, he could see the hopeful look in Telion's eyes, after seeing such sadness within them for the past few days it was a warmingly welcome change. They all left him alone to sleep in his room and yet, somehow, Rickter didn't even feel so quite alone as one expected to. It was without even looking away at his slumbering form, that he addressed the proverbial elephant still lingering within that shared room.
"Took you long enough..." The wolf murmured aloud almost as if to no one, except the presence of his other half stood at the other side of the foot of the bed. Lykos. A spitting image of who Rickter often saw himself as, however, not so much the same in the sense of how he felt. "Wasn't sure how long before you'd finally find me in here."
"Well, you haven't made that easy." Even the sound of his own voice was nearly chilling to the surface of his skin. There was without a doubt no mistaking who and what this man, if He could be referred to as such, really was when it came down to the source of it all. "...You've remained gone a bit too long, Rickter." The wolf lowered his gaze to the statement with contemplation, sharing a weighted sense of regret even in hearing such words.
"...I know." He reasoned in return, although his mind had been made up on that the moment his existence fully returned.
"Perhaps... You and I should carry on this conversation elsewhere. It's about time you and I finally talked after all." His other half suggested with a steady reach of His hand, the firmness Rickter expected to feel somehow balanced with a gentle grip beneath the hand. The wolf shifted his gaze to match that of his exact mirror, into the glowing blue eyes of Lykos as Rickter himself shifted to acknowledge him completely with a peaceful confidence.
"On that, we agree on..." He bargained with a glance toward the doorway, uncertain where it was that the both of them would go. This was the Realm of Nod, of course, their venture could've easily wound up anywhere. Then again, it wasn't necessarily their destination that remained important either, merely the conversation to be had as they traversed such a limitless realm together. "Very well," he proceeded to sigh with one final glance to his dormant form, "let's leave this place for now and catch up on things." Not that such a notion remained entirely necessary.
Lykos had been diligently assessing the memories that had existed within Rickter since he had returned, and even so, the wolf had done the same with every memory Lykos ever made during his state of dormancy. Rickter rose from the edge of the mattress he sat on, paying Lykos another look before he gently nodded for Him to take the lead. His other half calmly nodded before He turned to approach the sliding door, placing a hand on it's wooden panel before he looked back to Rickter once more. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah." The wolf nodded to emphasize his willingness to go, ready to accompany Lykos beyond the threshold of the door. It was with a smooth motion of His wrist that the Lupine Draegir opened the door in the bedroom, sliding it wide so that light filtered through almost in a blinding daze before both of their eyes adjusted to the other side. Pure crystalline fields of snow awaited Rickter as Lykos allowed him to enter first, before both of them crossed over to step quietly onto the powdery plains before them. A soft crunch was felt beneath their boots as Rickter quietly marveled at the scenery, taking in the rather beautiful night sky where an aurora greeted them both with hues of neons in both green, yellow and even blue.
